Class in the Classroom:
Strategies and Resources for Teaching about Working-Class Life and Culture
Center for Working-Class Studies
July 24-28, 2006
Youngstown State University
Despite recent attention to class in American culture, it often remains on the sidelines in the classroom, even in courses that focus on diversity and inequality. Faculty struggle to find the right balance among race, gender, sexuality, and other aspects of culture and inequality, and even basic definitions of class are not clear. In teaching about difference and inequality, class is both an essential piece of the puzzle and the most confusing issue to discuss. Where does class fit in the curriculum? What resources and strategies work well to help students understand how class works? How can we integrate class into discussions of race, gender, and sexuality?
In July, 2006, the Center for Working-Class Studies will host a one-week institute for graduate students and faculty interested in strategies for teaching about social class, especially in the context of courses that address other cultural categories and ideas about inequality. Participants will discuss readings, presentations, and resources; share their own experiences and strategies; and develop assignments, syllabi, classroom activities, and/or research plans. The organizers hope to gather a diverse group, including faculty and students from different academic fields, geographical areas, and kinds of institutions.
For more information, visit the at Center for Working-Class Studies website and click on “Class in the Classroom.”
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